SCABIOUS

I. noun Etymology: Middle English scabiose, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin scabiosa, from Latin, feminine of scabiosus, adjective Date: 14th century any of a genus ( Scabiosa ) of Old World herbs of the teasel family with terminal flower heads subtended by a leafy involucre, II. adjective Etymology: Latin scabiosus, from scabies Date: 1603 scabby , of, relating to, or resembling scabies